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biketouring

  • CHINA

    UPDATE: Life goes on

    Just a quick real time update from China. During the past three weeks I cycled 2500km across the Taklamakan desert (the second biggest sands desert in the world) and a 3000m…

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  • TAJIKISTAN

    The Evacuation

    Ann fells on her bicycle on a rocky trail at 4200m around 1.30pm near Lake Turumtaikul. I'm riding a few hundred meters behind her and see her lying on the ground…

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  • TAJIKISTAN

    To the lake above glaciers

    The climb up to a 4300m pass in the end of a Shokhdara valley was the hardest I've done in my life. Steep, off-camber road with lots of loose gravel…

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  • TAJIKISTAN

    A year on the road

    1 time lost 3 times not finishing the plate 10 days sick 15 punctures 20 tiny fishes 23 countries 100 second thoughts 150 Snickers 300 nights in a tent 500 hours of Podcasts 1000 geography lessons 19 000 kilometers 1 000 000…

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  • TAJIKISTAN

    A road less ridden

    After we recovered from the food poisoning number X if the Stans a few days in a lovely academic city of Khorog, we finally set off towards the Pamir plateau. We…

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  • UZBEKISTAN

    The runs

    All the biketourers we have met have got sick in #Uzbekistan. Eventually it was my turn. Though some good camp spot prospects keep the spirits up. Photo by @mairawa #biketouring #Uzbekistan…

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